Ava or AVA may refer to:
Places
editAsia and Oceania
edit- Ava Kingdom, in upper Burma from 1364 to 1555
- Inwa, formerly Ava, the capital of Ava Kingdom
- Earl of Ava, a British colonial earldom in Burma
- Ava, Iran, Gilan Province, a village
- Ivah or Ava, an ancient city in Assyria
- Ava railway station, in Lower Hutt, New Zealand
- IATA code for Anshun Huangguoshu Airport, China
United States
edit- Ava, Alabama, an unincorporated community
- Ava, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
- Ava, Illinois, a city
- Ava, Missouri, a city
- Ava, New York, a town
- Ava, Ohio, an unincorporated community
- Ava (building), a highrise in Seattle, Washington
People
editPeople
edit- Ava (poet) (c. 1060–1127), the first named female writer in any genre in the German language
- Ava (wrestler) (born 2001), American professional wrestler
- Saint Ava, ninth century Roman Catholic saint
- Ava Alice Muriel Astor (1902–1956), American socialite, daughter of Ava Lowle Willing and John Jacob Astor IV
- Ava Barber (born 1954), U.S. country singer
- Ava DuVernay (born 1972), American film director
- Ava Gardner (1922–1990), American actress
- Ava Leigh (born 1985), British reggae singer
- Ava Lowle Willing (1868–1958), American socialite
- Ava Max (born 1994), American singer formerly known as simply Ava
- Ava Ohlgren (born 1988), American collegiate swimmer
- Éabha McMahon Irish singer who performs under the name AVA
- Lee Jung-hyun (born 1980), South Korean singer known as Ava in the United States
- AVA (English singer) (born 2003 or 2004), The Voice UK series 13 winner
Characters
edit- Ava Benton, on the soap opera All My Children
- Ava Ire, protagonist of the webcomic Ava's Demon
- Ava Jerome, on the soap opera General Hospital
- Ava Ayala, a Marvel Comic character and the fifth character to assume the moniker of White Tiger
- Ava Lord, in Frank Miller's Sin City universe
- Ava Peralta, on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light
- Ava Prentis, a character in Nexo Knights
- Ava, a humanoid robot in the film Ex Machina
- Ava Paige, in the book and film series The Maze Runner
- Ava the Sunset Fairy, in the book series Rainbow Magic
Companies and organizations
edit- Aargau Verkehr AG, a transportation company based in Aargau, Switzerland.
- Academy of Vocal Arts, a Philadelphia music conservatory
- Adult Film Association of America or Adult Video Association, an American trade association for the adult sex film industry
- Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore, a now-defunct statutory board in the Singapore government
- Amazon Valley Academy
- American Vecturist Association, an organization of transportation token collectors in the United States and Canada
- Arab Volleyball Association, a volleyball association
- Association for Volunteer Administration
- Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists, a group of people who promote the use and study of anaesthetics in veterinary medicine
- Australian Veterinary Association
- AVA Radio Company, Polish electronics firm
- AVA, the ICAO designator of the Colombian flag carrier Avianca
Media and entertainment
edit- Ava (2017 French film)
- Ava (2017 Iranian film)
- Ava (2020 film), an American action thriller film
- AVA (TV channel), a Finnish television channel owned by MTV3
- "Ava" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), a television episode
- AVA Recordings, a label founded by Andy Moor which focuses on melodic electronic music
- Angels & Airwaves, an American alternative rock/space rock band
- A Vacant Affair, a Singaporean metalcore band
- Alliance of Valiant Arms, a 2007 computer game
- Animator vs. Animation, a web series produced by Alan Becker
Other uses
edit- Hurricane Ava (disambiguation), five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
- SS Ava (1855), a P&O steamship wrecked off Ceylon in 1858
- ava, the language code for the Avar language
- ʻAva, a ceremonial ritual and beverage of the Samoa Islands
- Activity vector analysis (AVA), a personality test
- American Viticultural Area, a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States
- Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed, trade name BioThrax, an American anthrax vaccine
- Aortic valve area
- Auditory verbal agnosia, the inability to comprehend speech